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Mountain View, CA (openPR) 30 June 2004
The Mozilla Foundation, in collaboration with Adobe, Apple, Macromedia, Opera and Sun Microsystems today announced a number of changes to web browser plugins that will offer web developers, web browsing, rich experience and helps , maintain innovation and standards in the network. The new plugin technologies are implemented, including developing future versions of the next generation Mozilla Firefox web browser and the Mozilla 1.x Internet suite and in plugins and browsers from other companies that are supporting this initiative.
In response to the demand from users, vendors and plugin developers Web for Web-browser support for an open, secure and scriptable plugin model, the Mozilla Foundation, in collaboration with Adobe, Apple, Macromedia, Opera and Sun Microsystems working to extend the Netscape Plugin Application Program Interface (NPAPI) in a way that allows greater interactivity with plugins such as Flash, Shockwave, QuickTime and Java, resulting in a richer, more interactive Web.
Plugins are small programs that web browsers to multimedia content that the browser itself does not know how to display how to use audio and video display. Scriptable plug-ins is essential for building an interactive experience to web pages that use plugins. For example, buy a plugin for clothing users to a site that takes advantage of new capabilities could mix and match styles and colors for shirts and trousers would be using an interactive Flash movie, and pricing and other information in an associated website updated as a result.
“This initiative will significantly improve the web experience for users of Firefox, the Mozilla 1.x Internet suite, Safari and Opera browsers, and ultimately the overall health of the web,” commented Mitchell Baker, president of the Mozilla Foundation. Plugins a critical component of the web experience and require ongoing enhancements and improvements in the way they integrate with world-class browser could. Without these improvements, enhanced interactivity to a single, proprietary browser solution, reduces choice and will remain bound monoculture found. This new initiative makes enhanced interactivity without locking available users to a specific computing platform or web browser. This allows users to choose among a range of browsers, without interactivity. The Mozilla Foundation is proud leadership in this collaborative offer improved Web experience. “
maintain “To find an optimal experience, we need more dynamic and deep interaction between the browser, the plugin, and Web-enable content This is the first step in this direction. it is web content developers provide new , portable options for creating innovative experiences and applications. The Mozilla Foundation and our partners at ways to improve the tools to be available to content developers and provide a better user experience. We are looking also looking at architectural improvements and performance optimizations that make plugin update faster and more reliable, “said Brendan Eich, Chief Architect of the Mozilla project.
The new plugin API effort taps into a long-standing, deep-rooted desire of plugin vendors, their plugins work seamlessly for all browsers and on all computer platforms, including Windows, Linux and Mac OS X. The enhanced plugin API has been developed jointly adopted by a wide range of browser plug-promote and suppliers and made available under an Open Source license.
“Apple is pleased to make a significant contribution to this next generation have the plug-in technology,” said Philip Schiller, Apple’s senior vice president of Worldwide Product Marketing. “Apple is a strong advocate for web standards and ensures that the Mac OS X Safari users have access to the latest standards-based Web technology have.”
“Macromedia Flash Player is the leading rich client on the Internet, and we as a company dedicated to improving end-user experience,” said David Mendels, general manager, Macromedia. “Macromedia has always supported the Netscape Plugin API, and these improvements will enable developers to deliver rich Internet applications that integrate more holistically with the browser to benefit end users.”
“Plugins are a part of the track and it is important that they interact with browsers and other web content securely and efficiently. extending the legacy of Netscape plugin model is a step in the right direction in terms of functionality , “Interaction and security,” said Christen Krogh, VP Engineering, Opera Software. “Opera include this initiative in its commitment to innovation and to always deliver the latest technologies for an enjoyable web experience.”
more about the plugin model NEW
In the near future, the Mozilla Foundation release test versions of its next generation Firefox browser and Mozilla 1.7 that include the new plugin API, so that the plugin vendors to start creating new versions of their plugins take advantage of the improved plug-in functions. Details on test builds with these new capabilities, plugin SDKs, and Web page scripting examples can be found http://www.mozilla.org/projects/plugins/ as it becomes available. become
can support the new Web browser plug-in extensions and plugins that the benefits of the new features expected to ship this fall. The plugin will be added improvements, including in future versions of Mozilla Firefox, an innovative new web browser from the Mozilla Foundation. Even before its version 1.0, Firefox has been received to rave reviews by press and customers. The user base of Firefox is doubling every few months and Firefox 0.9 was more than 1 million copies since its release downloaded two weeks ago.
ABOUT The Mozilla Foundation
in July 2003 with start-up support from America Online Netscape division set up the Mozilla Foundation, organizational, legal and financial support exists for the Mozilla open source software to provide project. The Foundation is based in Mountain View, California and is the heir to the great legacy and tradition of the Internet’s first widely used browser, Netscape. Mozilla and the Mozilla logo are registered trademarks of the Mozilla Foundation.
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Press contact:
Mozilla Foundation: Bart Decrem, 650-387-0625, press@mozilla.orgApple: Stefan Offermann, stefan@apple.com
Macromedia: Sandra Nakama, PR Manager, 415-832-4053
Opera Software Michelle Valdivia, PR Specialiast, +47-24-16-42-14, press04@opera.com
Sun Microsystems: Laura Ramsey, laura.ramsey @ sun.com
The latest Mozilla news and commentary, support and discussion, please visit MozillaZine, http://www.mozillazine.org to find the largest independent Mozilla news and support site. This press release has been supported by Sean Michael Kerner / Results Overhead Inc.
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